Karin Agness

Karin Agness speaking at the 2012 NeW national conference.

Karin Agness is the founder and president of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW), an American organization for conservative university women. She regularly speaks on campuses and to groups reaching out to women and young people. She is also a political commentator, appearing on shows such as Fox & Friends,[1] CNN's American Morning,[2] CNN's Early Start, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,[3] The Laura Ingraham Show and The Monica Crowley Radio Show. She has been published in The Washington Post,[4] American Thinker,[5] The Huffington Post,[6][7][8] The Washington Times,[9] BlogHer,[10] The National Review Online,[11] The Richmond Times-Dispatch,[12][13] Politico,[14] U.S. News & World Report,[15] The Washington Examiner,[16][17] and The Tampa Tribune.[18] She has been featured in Time Magazine Online, and is a Senior Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, she currently works in Washington, D.C.

In December 2011, she was named by Forbes magazine to its nationwide list of “30 Under 30,” a select group of "tomorrow’s brightest stars."[19] She was profiled in the "Law and Policy" category.[20] In November 2010, she appeared in MORE magazine as a "new feminist." MORE wrote, "OK, so Agness doesn’t technically call herself a feminist. But we love her fresh take."[21]

Agness also wrote a story featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles based on her experience founding NeW at the University of Virginia.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Are Conservative Women 'Baby Palins'?". Fox & Friends. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Three conservative women explain why they aren't happy with the label 'Baby Palins'". American Morning. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Young Voters Predict Big Impact on Fall Election". PBS NewsHour. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "'Diversity' in Name Only at U-Va.". The Washington Post. 5 April 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Karin Agness (16 June 2013). "Remember the Wonder of Men". American Thinker. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "A Step Forward for the GOP with Young People". The Huffington Post. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Karin Agness (31 May 2013). "Good Advice for Twenty-Somethings: Life Is Happening Now". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "The Effects of Media's Focus on Women Candidates' Appearance Aren't Pretty". The Huffington Post. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Obama's Failed Female Pandering". The Washington Times. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Karin Agness (26 March 2013). "Reexamining Women’s Success at the Workplace". BlogHer. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  11. ↑ Karin Agness (27 February 2013). "Exploring Free-Market Ideas". The National Review. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "From Hope and Change to Persevere". The Richmond Times-Dispatch. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Are Young Voters Taking Down Their Obama Posters?". The Richmond Times-Dispatch. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Congratulations, Grad, You're Unemployed". Politico. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "More Women Senators Don't Necessarily Mean Better Laws". U.S. News & World Report. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Job Debate is Really About Independence". The Washington Examiner. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Op-Ed: Yes, There are Gentlemen on Campus". The Washington Examiner. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  18. ↑ "The Millennials: Open to Persuasion This Fall". The Tampa Tribune. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  19. ↑ Michael Noer (19 December 2011). "The 30 Under 30". Forbes. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  20. ↑ "Karin Agness, Founder, Network of Enlightened Women, 27". Forbes. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  21. ↑ "This Is What The New Feminists Look Like". MORE. November 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  22. ↑ "Determining The Answer". Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles. 2009.

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